Ethnologist Umesao dies at 90

Ethnologist Umesao dies at 90

TOKYO, Japan - Ethnologist Tadao Umesao (file photo), founding head of the National Museum of Ethnology who was renowned for a range of unique dissertations and books on civilizations based on field work, died of old age at his home in Osaka Prefecture on July 3, 2010. He was 90.

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